Promoting choice and control for older people is a policy priority that spans the fields of housing, health and social care (Cm 6737, 2006). Central government is committed to increasing the number of people being cared for in non-institutional environments and is promoting extra care housing (also referred to as very sheltered housing or enhanced sheltered housing), as a possible ‘alternative ...

Several advanced economies are in the process of a transition towards zero emission housing by 2020. Such transitions require a radical shift beyond existing limited building envelope and energy efficiency improvements. The Zero Emission Housing (ZEH) concept indicates such a radical shift, implying as it does home energy consumption within limits set by the home itself, and renewable energy te...

China is experiencing an unprecedented urban revolution, with massive ruralto-urban migration. Owing to the discriminatory hukou system, millions of migrants are excluded from accessing subsidized housing and suffer severe housing poverty. How to provide decent and affordable housing to migrants is an unprecedented challenge in China. In this paper we aim to scrutinize the current migrant housi...

We describe the successes and challenges faced by federal and local government agencies in the United States as they have attempted in recent years to connect public and environmental health, housing, community development, and building design with environmental, housing, and building laws, codes, and policies. These policies can either contribute to or adversely affect human physical and menta...

Residential segregation has been one of the more frequently studied and controversial research and policy issues for urban researchers and policy makers during the last few decades. residential segregation refers to the concentration or uneven distribution of residents from different socio-economic or racial/ ethnic backgrounds across a city or region. Although research on residential segregati...

This paper presents the key findings from a 2004 NESC study on the Irish housing system, Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy. The paper begins by identifying the anxieties and concerns people have about housing. These cluster into three broad concerns: the stability of the housing market, the degree of inequality in housing opportunities experienced during the housing boom and the sustai...

There is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing urban housing challenges in many developing countries. Consequently, a paradigm shift from government provision to partnerships between the public and private sectors is advocated. This study examined the prospects and challenges of Public-Private Partnerships...